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TV tonight: Michael Sheen exposes a toxic scandal in north Wales

The actor concludes his investigation into Monsanto by meeting people with cancer who blame the company for their illness. Plus: a devastating story of foundling sisters reunited. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC Two There’s a lagoon in Ruabon, north Wales, that is so toxic that the barrels containing the chemicals dumped in it have rotted away. Until about 20 years ago, children used to play around it. Mic

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#2174
First seen
24 Aug 2026, 05:39 UTC
Last checked
24 Aug 2026, 22:56 UTC
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Publisher layer

Recorded article metadata

Publisher
The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 05:20 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Phil Harrison, Hollie Richardson, Graeme Virtue and Simon Wardell
Section
Television
Source-supplied excerpt
The actor concludes his investigation into Monsanto by meeting people with cancer who blame the company for their illness. Plus: a devastating story of foundling sisters reunited. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC Two There’s a lagoon in Ruabon, north Wales, that is so toxic that the barrels containing the chemicals dumped in it have rotted away. Until about 20 years ago, children used to play around it. Mic
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    TV tonight: Michael Sheen exposes a toxic scandal in north Wales

    The actor concludes his investigation into Monsanto by meeting people with cancer who blame the company for their illness. Plus: a devastating story of foundling sisters reunited. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC Two There’s a lagoon in Ruabon, north Wales, that is so toxic that the barrels containing the chemicals dumped in it have rotted away. Until about 20 years ago, children used to play around it. Mic

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  • machine language-signal Allegation language observable-rules-v1 / 65% rule confidence
  • machine language-signal Investigation language observable-rules-v1 / 65% rule confidence
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  • publisher category Television rss-category
  • publisher category Television & radio rss-category
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Capture ID
#1880
Observed
24 Aug 2026, 05:39 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
472,955 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt